Edward Clark (c.1718-1764)

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Edward Clark

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birthc.1718CSORN
First Known Service25.6.1737CSORN
A.K.A.Clarkeref:719
SisterElizabethPROB11
SisterJane [Hamilton]PROB11
Last Known Service3.1764CSORN
Date of Death3.1764BWAS-1714
Cause of DeathSuicideCSORN
Will Probated19.10.1764

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
18.7.1744		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/532	RNLPC
29.8.1744		Lieutenant	CSORN
3.3.1758		Commander	ADM 6/19
3.3.1758	12.3.1758	Fortune (14) 1746-1770 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/30 Issued by Henry OsborneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1710-1765 , The Mediterranean Sea Confirmed 5.2.1759	BWAS-1714
13.3.1758	21.3.1758	Sapphire (32) 1758-1784 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/30	ADM 6/18
21.3.1758		Captain	CSORN
12.5.1759	22.1.1760	Bristol (50) 1746-1768 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/220 Issued by John MooreBritish Naval Sailor Service 1738-1778 , Barbados Confirmed 16.12.1760	ADM 6/19
30.8.1762	3.1764	Liverpool (28) 1758-1778 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/433	BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

PROB11 Archive

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

ref:719 Family History

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